I have a 2000 Chaparral 216 with a 5.0 EFI Mercruiser Alpha drive and am having fuel delivery issues.
Engine Serial#: 0L641417
Drive Serial#: 0L714263
To tell the whole story, last season (2008), we were on the lake; and while idling out of the blue the engine quit and was a little difficult to restart but it did restart and ran fine. This happened one time. About a month later we were on the lake on a hot day (near 100o) and the boat had been sitting for several hours. Upon starting the engine, it ran briefly and stopped and would not restart. Finally, I was able to pour some gas into the throttle body and the engine restarted. Once it restarted, fuel was coming out of the injectors properly and the boat ran fine. (I could see the injectors with the flame arrestor moved) We used it the rest of the season with no problem. This year, I did some maintenance work at home before going to the lake, ran the boat off the water hose for at least an hour (off and on) with no issues. Took boat to the lake just this week and started on trailer, backed off the trailer ran it for 30-40 minutes, and parked to swim. After a couple of hours started the boat to head back to dock theand boat died while idling and would not restart. I tried the same trick as last year (putting fuel into the throttle body) and the engine would start but immediately died. There was very little fuel visible from the injectors of the throttle body while cranking the engine. When turning on the key, I could hear the fuel pump kick on and then stop. But I?m not sure if it is actually pumping fuel. Eventually, I had to be towed back to the boat ramp. After getting to the ramp and getting the boat trailered, decided to try one more time to start it. Upon cranking, fuel came from injectors, and the engine started and ran fine. I did not take the boat back out on the lake for fear of not making it back to the ramp this day.
We spent the night camping near the lake and the next day tried starting the boat and it would not start. No gas coming from the injectors?just a trickle. Need help on where to start. Do I have a bad fuel pump? Or is there some other issue? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. The boat is well maintained, has 280 hours and looks brand new. I have never had any issues before. Is always winterized and maintained. Has a new fuel filter, water separator when winterized. Fuel was treated with winterization and before going to lake added 16 gallon to tank of new gas.
Thanks
Engine Serial#: 0L641417
Drive Serial#: 0L714263
To tell the whole story, last season (2008), we were on the lake; and while idling out of the blue the engine quit and was a little difficult to restart but it did restart and ran fine. This happened one time. About a month later we were on the lake on a hot day (near 100o) and the boat had been sitting for several hours. Upon starting the engine, it ran briefly and stopped and would not restart. Finally, I was able to pour some gas into the throttle body and the engine restarted. Once it restarted, fuel was coming out of the injectors properly and the boat ran fine. (I could see the injectors with the flame arrestor moved) We used it the rest of the season with no problem. This year, I did some maintenance work at home before going to the lake, ran the boat off the water hose for at least an hour (off and on) with no issues. Took boat to the lake just this week and started on trailer, backed off the trailer ran it for 30-40 minutes, and parked to swim. After a couple of hours started the boat to head back to dock theand boat died while idling and would not restart. I tried the same trick as last year (putting fuel into the throttle body) and the engine would start but immediately died. There was very little fuel visible from the injectors of the throttle body while cranking the engine. When turning on the key, I could hear the fuel pump kick on and then stop. But I?m not sure if it is actually pumping fuel. Eventually, I had to be towed back to the boat ramp. After getting to the ramp and getting the boat trailered, decided to try one more time to start it. Upon cranking, fuel came from injectors, and the engine started and ran fine. I did not take the boat back out on the lake for fear of not making it back to the ramp this day.
We spent the night camping near the lake and the next day tried starting the boat and it would not start. No gas coming from the injectors?just a trickle. Need help on where to start. Do I have a bad fuel pump? Or is there some other issue? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. The boat is well maintained, has 280 hours and looks brand new. I have never had any issues before. Is always winterized and maintained. Has a new fuel filter, water separator when winterized. Fuel was treated with winterization and before going to lake added 16 gallon to tank of new gas.
Thanks
